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The Education Training Collective

Unified Communications and Mobile Services - Revised

Telecoms & PostCPV 64200000
Value£210k
Deadline14 Sept 2026
Published20 Aug 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 20 Aug 202618 days leftCloses 14 Sept 2026
Who to contact
Phillip Iverson
phillip.iverson@the-etc.ac.uk
01642865426

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

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Contract value in context
£210ktotal contract value
median £200k
this tender£0£7.9m

This sits in the upper-middle of the Postal & Telecommunications band — a substantial contract for the sector. Based on 2,074 valued Postal & Telecommunications tenders in our corpus.

When this comes round again

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The brief

This is a revised version of the tender ETCP-2026-0038.

Following evaluation of the tender responses, it has become apparent that the original Teams Telephony specification requires significant revision to ensure that the proposed solution meets the College’s operational and user requirements.

The original specification identified 350 direct dial users and was primarily focused on users requiring dedicated telephony functionality.

Further consideration during the evaluation process has identified a requirement to extend Teams telephony functionality to a wider user base, with approximately 700 users requiring access to telephony functionality.

Due to this change and increased scope we felt the appropriate action was to terminate the previous tender and launch a revised version, this tender is the revised version.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

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Following evaluation of the tender responses, it

Following evaluation of the tender responses, it has become apparent that the original Teams Telephony specification requires significant revision to ensure that the proposed solution meets the College’s operational and user requirements.

Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.

What it takes to bid this

1220 daysof bid-team effort
£8.2k£13.7kat typical UK bid-team rates
Compressed window — start the same week

Typical UK bid effort for the £100k–£1m band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e832
Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
079292-2026
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